noun
informal USA woman who defies expected or approved standards of conduct, especially one who behaves in a wild, rebellious, or sexually provocative manner.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Daily Express & Herald (Dubuque, Iowa). From bad + girl, with (humorous) allusion to the noun phrase bad girl in the general sense ‘ill-behaved female child’.
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